diff --git a/ui/js/actions/content.js b/ui/js/actions/content.js
index 69c717e88..60961ad10 100644
--- a/ui/js/actions/content.js
+++ b/ui/js/actions/content.js
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export function doLoadVideo(uri) {
             data: { uri },
           });
 
-          dispatch(doOpenModal("timedOut"));
+          dispatch(doOpenModal(modals.FILE_TIMEOUT));
         } else {
           dispatch(doDownloadFile(uri, streamInfo));
         }
diff --git a/ui/js/component/fileActions/index.js b/ui/js/component/fileActions/index.js
index 461e7a14a..0afa74839 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/fileActions/index.js
+++ b/ui/js/component/fileActions/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
-import { selectPlatform, selectCurrentModal } from "selectors/app";
+import { selectPlatform } from "selectors/app";
 import {
   makeSelectFileInfoForUri,
   makeSelectDownloadingForUri,
@@ -8,13 +8,10 @@ import {
 } from "selectors/file_info";
 import { makeSelectIsAvailableForUri } from "selectors/availability";
 import { makeSelectCostInfoForUri } from "selectors/cost_info";
-import { doCloseModal, doOpenModal } from "actions/app";
+import { doOpenModal } from "actions/app";
 import { doFetchAvailability } from "actions/availability";
 import { doOpenFileInShell, doOpenFileInFolder } from "actions/file_info";
-import {
-  makeSelectClaimForUri,
-  makeSelectClaimForUriIsMine,
-} from "selectors/claims";
+import { makeSelectClaimForUriIsMine } from "selectors/claims";
 import { doPurchaseUri, doLoadVideo, doStartDownload } from "actions/content";
 import { doNavigate } from "actions/navigation";
 import FileActions from "./view";
@@ -26,19 +23,16 @@ const makeSelect = () => {
   const selectCostInfoForUri = makeSelectCostInfoForUri();
   const selectLoadingForUri = makeSelectLoadingForUri();
   const selectClaimForUriIsMine = makeSelectClaimForUriIsMine();
-  const selectClaimForUri = makeSelectClaimForUri();
 
   const select = (state, props) => ({
     fileInfo: selectFileInfoForUri(state, props),
     /*availability check is disabled due to poor performance, TBD if it dies forever or requires daemon fix*/
     isAvailable: true, //selectIsAvailableForUri(state, props),
     platform: selectPlatform(state),
-    modal: selectCurrentModal(state),
     downloading: selectDownloadingForUri(state, props),
     costInfo: selectCostInfoForUri(state, props),
     loading: selectLoadingForUri(state, props),
     claimIsMine: selectClaimForUriIsMine(state, props),
-    claimInfo: selectClaimForUri(state, props),
   });
 
   return select;
@@ -46,7 +40,6 @@ const makeSelect = () => {
 
 const perform = dispatch => ({
   checkAvailability: uri => dispatch(doFetchAvailability(uri)),
-  closeModal: () => dispatch(doCloseModal()),
   openInFolder: fileInfo => dispatch(doOpenFileInFolder(fileInfo)),
   openInShell: fileInfo => dispatch(doOpenFileInShell(fileInfo)),
   openModal: modal => dispatch(doOpenModal(modal)),
diff --git a/ui/js/component/fileActions/view.jsx b/ui/js/component/fileActions/view.jsx
index f7f8a3842..51ef4bd84 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/fileActions/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/js/component/fileActions/view.jsx
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { Icon, BusyMessage } from "component/common";
-import FilePrice from "component/filePrice";
-import { Modal } from "modal/modal";
 import Link from "component/link";
 import { ToolTip } from "component/tooltip";
 import { DropDownMenu, DropDownMenuItem } from "component/menu";
-import ModalRemoveFile from "modal/modalRemoveFile";
 import * as modals from "constants/modal_types";
 
 class FileActions extends React.PureComponent {
@@ -70,15 +67,11 @@ class FileActions extends React.PureComponent {
       uri,
       openInFolder,
       openInShell,
-      modal,
       openModal,
-      closeModal,
       startDownload,
       costInfo,
       loading,
       claimIsMine,
-      claimInfo,
-      navigate,
       editClaim,
     } = this.props;
 
@@ -204,33 +197,7 @@ class FileActions extends React.PureComponent {
               </DropDownMenu>
             </div>
           : ""}
-        <Modal
-          type="confirm"
-          isOpen={modal == "affirmPurchase"}
-          contentLabel={__("Confirm Purchase")}
-          onConfirmed={this.onAffirmPurchase.bind(this)}
-          onAborted={closeModal}
-        >
-          {__("This will purchase")} <strong>{title}</strong> {__("for")}{" "}
-          <strong>
-            <FilePrice uri={uri} showFullPrice={true} look="plain" />
-          </strong>{" "}
-          {__("credits")}.
-        </Modal>
-        <Modal
-          isOpen={modal == "timedOut"}
-          contentLabel={__("Download failed")}
-          onConfirmed={closeModal}
-        >
-          {__("LBRY was unable to download the stream")}{" "}{" "}
-          <strong>{title}</strong>.
-        </Modal>
-        {modal == modals.CONFIRM_FILE_REMOVE &&
-          <ModalRemoveFile
-            uri={uri}
-            outpoint={fileInfo.outpoint}
-            title={title}
-          />}
+
       </section>
     );
   }
diff --git a/ui/js/component/video/internal/play-button.jsx b/ui/js/component/video/internal/play-button.jsx
index 2ae39fe7c..17d2817db 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/video/internal/play-button.jsx
+++ b/ui/js/component/video/internal/play-button.jsx
@@ -87,13 +87,6 @@ class VideoPlayButton extends React.PureComponent {
           </strong>{" "}
           {__("credits")}.
         </Modal>
-        <Modal
-          isOpen={modal == "timedOut"}
-          onConfirmed={closeModal}
-          contentLabel={__("Timed Out")}
-        >
-          {__("Sorry, your download timed out :(")}
-        </Modal>
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/ui/js/constants/modal_types.js b/ui/js/constants/modal_types.js
index 09ddb8451..9e82be50a 100644
--- a/ui/js/constants/modal_types.js
+++ b/ui/js/constants/modal_types.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export const CONFIRM_FILE_REMOVE = "confirmFileRemove";
 export const INCOMPATIBLE_DAEMON = "incompatibleDaemon";
+export const FILE_TIMEOUT = "file_timeout";
 export const DOWNLOADING = "downloading";
 export const ERROR = "error";
 export const INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS = "insufficient_credits";
@@ -10,4 +11,5 @@ export const AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE = "auth_failure";
 export const TRANSACTION_FAILED = "transaction_failed";
 export const INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE = "insufficient_balance";
 export const REWARD_APPROVAL_REQUIRED = "reward_approval_required";
+export const AFFIRM_PURCHASE = "affirm_purchase";
 export const CREDIT_INTRO = "credit_intro";
diff --git a/ui/js/modal/modalAffirmPurchase/index.js b/ui/js/modal/modalAffirmPurchase/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f76921431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/js/modal/modalAffirmPurchase/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { connect } from "react-redux";
+import { doCloseModal } from "actions/app";
+import { makeSelectMetadataForUri } from "selectors/claims";
+import ModalAffirmPurchase from "./view";
+
+const select = state => ({
+  metadata: makeSelectMetadataForUri()(state),
+});
+
+const perform = dispatch => ({
+  closeModal: () => dispatch(doCloseModal()),
+});
+
+export default connect(select, perform)(ModalAffirmPurchase);
diff --git a/ui/js/modal/modalAffirmPurchase/view.jsx b/ui/js/modal/modalAffirmPurchase/view.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f886322e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/js/modal/modalAffirmPurchase/view.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import React from "react";
+import FilePrice from "component/filePrice";
+import { Modal } from "modal/modal";
+
+class ModalAffirmPurchase extends React.PureComponent {
+  render() {
+    const { metadata: { title } } = this.props;
+
+    return (
+      <Modal
+        type="confirm"
+        isOpen={modal == "affirmPurchase"}
+        contentLabel={__("Confirm Purchase")}
+        onConfirmed={this.onAffirmPurchase.bind(this)}
+        onAborted={closeModal}
+      >
+        {__("This will purchase")} <strong>{title}</strong> {__("for")}{" "}
+        <strong>
+          <FilePrice uri={uri} showFullPrice={true} look="plain" />
+        </strong>{" "}
+        {__("credits")}.
+      </Modal>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default ModalAffirmPurchase;
diff --git a/ui/js/modal/modalFileTimeout/index.js b/ui/js/modal/modalFileTimeout/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44dd592e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/js/modal/modalFileTimeout/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { connect } from "react-redux";
+import { doCloseModal } from "actions/app";
+import { makeSelectMetadataForUri } from "selectors/claims";
+import ModalFileTimeout from "./view";
+
+const select = state => ({
+  metadata: makeSelectMetadataForUri()(state),
+});
+
+const perform = dispatch => ({
+  closeModal: () => dispatch(doCloseModal()),
+});
+
+export default connect(select, perform)(ModalFileTimeout);
diff --git a/ui/js/modal/modalFileTimeout/view.jsx b/ui/js/modal/modalFileTimeout/view.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a0916c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/js/modal/modalFileTimeout/view.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { Modal } from "modal/modal";
+
+class ModalFileTimeout extends React.PureComponent {
+  render() {
+    const { metadata: { title } } = this.props;
+
+    return (
+      <Modal
+        isOpen={true}
+        contentLabel={__("Download failed")}
+        onConfirmed={closeModal}
+      >
+        {__("LBRY was unable to download the stream")}{" "}
+        <strong>{title}</strong>.
+      </Modal>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default ModalFileTimeout;
diff --git a/ui/js/modal/modalRemoveFile/index.js b/ui/js/modal/modalRemoveFile/index.js
index f64c1987e..c3ae80968 100644
--- a/ui/js/modal/modalRemoveFile/index.js
+++ b/ui/js/modal/modalRemoveFile/index.js
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@ import { doDeleteFileAndGoBack } from "actions/file_info";
 import { makeSelectClaimForUriIsMine } from "selectors/claims";
 
 import ModalRemoveFile from "./view";
+import { makeSelectFileInfoForUri } from "../../selectors/file_info";
 
-const makeSelect = () => {
-  const selectClaimForUriIsMine = makeSelectClaimForUriIsMine();
-
-  const select = (state, props) => ({
-    claimIsMine: selectClaimForUriIsMine(state, props),
-  });
-
-  return select;
-};
+const select = (state, props) => ({
+  claimIsMine: makeSelectClaimForUriIsMine()(state, props),
+  uri: makeSelectCurrentParam("uri")(state, props),
+  metadata: makeSelectMetadataForUri()(state, props),
+  outpoint: makeSelectFileInfoForUri()(state, props),
+});
 
 const perform = dispatch => ({
   closeModal: () => dispatch(doCloseModal()),
@@ -23,4 +21,4 @@ const perform = dispatch => ({
   },
 });
 
-export default connect(makeSelect, perform)(ModalRemoveFile);
+export default connect(select, perform)(ModalRemoveFile);
diff --git a/ui/js/modal/modalRouter/view.jsx b/ui/js/modal/modalRouter/view.jsx
index 47ff2d80c..d74cddc44 100644
--- a/ui/js/modal/modalRouter/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/js/modal/modalRouter/view.jsx
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import ModalRewardApprovalRequired from "modal/modalRewardApprovalRequired";
 import ModalCreditIntro from "modal/modalCreditIntro";
 import ModalTransactionFailed from "modal/modalTransactionFailed";
 import ModalInsufficientBalance from "modal/modalInsufficientBalance";
+import ModalFileTimeout from "modal/modalFileTimeout";
+import ModalAffirmPurchase from "modal/modalAffirmPurchase";
 import * as modals from "constants/modal_types";
 
 class ModalRouter extends React.PureComponent {
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ class ModalRouter extends React.PureComponent {
         return <ModalDownloading />;
       case modals.ERROR:
         return <ModalError />;
+      case modals.FILE_TIMEOUT:
+        return <ModalFileTimeout />;
       case modals.INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS:
         return <ModalInsufficientCredits />;
       case modals.WELCOME:
@@ -123,6 +127,10 @@ class ModalRouter extends React.PureComponent {
         return <ModalInsufficientBalance />;
       case modals.REWARD_APPROVAL_REQUIRED:
         return <ModalRewardApprovalRequired />;
+      case modals.CONFIRM_FILE_REMOVE:
+        return <ModalRemoveFile />;
+      case modals.AFFIRM_PURCHASE:
+        return <ModalAffirmPurchase />;
       default:
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/ui/js/selectors/navigation.js b/ui/js/selectors/navigation.js
index ca95e259f..08ae51774 100644
--- a/ui/js/selectors/navigation.js
+++ b/ui/js/selectors/navigation.js
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ export const selectCurrentParams = createSelector(selectCurrentPath, path => {
   return parseQueryParams(path.split("?")[1]);
 });
 
+export const makeSelectCurrentParam = param => {
+  return createSelector(
+    selectCurrentParams,
+    params => (params ? params[param] : undefined)
+  );
+};
+
 export const selectHeaderLinks = createSelector(selectCurrentPage, page => {
   // This contains intentional fall throughs
   switch (page) {